Happy Sunday!!!! Our first Sunday watchalong in a while. In honor of Rachel’s birthday. And in honor of me FINALLY getting someone to watch Kabhi Alvida na Kehna with me.
It’s on youtube, it’s on googleplay, it’s on Netflix, and it’s probably on einthusan!!!! You have no reason not to watch it! Except for maybe that you don’t enjoy it! In which case you can watch it and hate on it! So, HA! Still no excuse!
At 10am Chicago time I will put up an “and PLAY” comment and we will keep going from there!
UGH!!!! This dialogue! I hate SRK SO MUCH RIGHT NOW!!!!
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This is the scene that I can’t watch
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WOO! PREITY!!!!!
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Preity – you are amazing! You were always stronger than a “man” in reel like AND in real life!
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Uska baap. BAM
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You know, it is possible to have a caregiver father and wage earner mother without the whole family falling apart. Maybe Karan doesn’t know that?
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Also, I’m eating BBQ potato chips and it’s making this whole movie so much easier to watch.
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And once again, as uncomfortable as it was, the alst scene and this scene are well done and not ridiculous. I feel so bad for both Abhishek and Rani.
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Agreed.
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Shah Rukh needs to much therapy to work on himself. Does he really think Rani (or anyone else) is going to solve his problems? Is Rani going to make him a better man, husband, or father?
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YES! Love fixes EVERYTHING!!!!
On the other hand, SRK fixing Rani’s frigidity I can totally believe. Magic penis.
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No one can make him better
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Rani – you have so much to say, yet, you have NEVER ever been honest with Abhishek!
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She really is passive aggressively sabotaging this whole marriage. Just get over your buried resentment and stop punishing him!
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GO ABHISHEK!!!!!! Make her go to a sex therapist!!!!
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Ask for a divorce Abhishek!!!!
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Or failing that, an open marriage!!!!
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Marriage is hard! This movie does a good job at elucidating that.
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Wow, the child thing crossed the line, Abhishek!
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I feel like they really need a therapist who can make Abhishek understand that Rani wants a baby, and make Rani understand that Abhishek needs sex. Some sort of sex/adoption counselor.
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A whole string of great scenes!!! Both fights, and then this awesomeness!!!!
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While Abhishek was out of line with the child thing, the fact that Rani only focuses on that annoys me. She never takes any responsibility in this failing marriage.
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And she never says to him “I am not happy not having a child”, just holds on to all her resentment every time he makes a comment.
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Why the echo Karan, why?????
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I love Preity and Kirron in this movie!!!!! Although Kirron is giving terrible advice.
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UGH! I can’t. The selfishness is too much for me right now. These two deserve each other. They are already cheating on their spouses.
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Go Preity!! It’s not your fault!!
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You are the best part of this movie, Preity!!!
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Good on you Abhishek! Finally understanding and saying what everyone eles is hiding from!
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I know! So so good!
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Is it at all possible Karan made the cheated on spouses far more sympathetic than the cheaters on purpose? Or did he just not see what he was doing?
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I think he didn’t see what was happening. I think this movie came from a deeply wounded place and he can see the cheating and being unhappy and romanticizes that because that is what he can relate to.
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I was also thinking, in terms of stories he would have heard among friends, he would be far more likely to have folks talk to him about feeling unloved and distant from their spouse, than a passionate secret affair. So he has a really firm grasp of the reality of Preity and Abhishek’s feelings, but maybe not so much SRK and Rani just because people are less likely to talk about it.
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Another great dialogue scene! Almost makes me sympathize with them, if I hadn’t just seen how miserable their spouses are.
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I found them! The glasses are Tag Heuer, which makes sense bc he’s a spokesperson for them
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Oh duh, should have guessed
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That makes perfect sense! Thank you!
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And then he’s hit by a train and DIES! And Preity and Abhishek meet again at the funeral!!! And Rani is inspired to finally leave Abhishek! And then he and Preity get together and he is a loving and indulgent step father to that poor little boy!
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I would love to watch this movie!
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I can see how this affair happens. But what bothers me is the happily ever after in the end. I would be fine if this affair was a catalyst for the divorce. And maybe they even got together for a little bit afterwards. But eventually they realized that the other person is NOT going to solve their problems and they break up.
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To be fair we don’t know that it’s happily ever after, do we
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Ooooooo, I like this point. They get married in a rush and break up 6 months later.
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Good point. But then I still wish it had not ended on a happy note. Karan like Yashji blunder ending and then ruin the movies for me.
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Train scene seems like the natural end of the movie if this was not in Hindi
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Yes!
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Is this movie peak sexy Rani? Mature, curvy, smoldering?
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Bilkul
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CHRISTMAS!
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He’s baaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!
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Is this Amitabh’s coat from Silsila? As a little tribute?
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they SO did not pay licensing fees to Clifford!!!!!
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An age-old Indian cinema tradition! Never pay a licence when you can shoot in secret!
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I love it when Preity and Abhi talk! Mature conversation!
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Abhi: Dad, what did you have for breakfast?
Amitabh: I don’t remember her name!
EWWWWW EWWWW EWWW! WHYYY?!
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I just LOLd
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That reply was actually for Amitabhs gross line
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This makes me want to watch Jhoom Barabar Jhoom again! Abhishek and Preity are so cute together.
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Ohm God! The roses and street crossing scene is coming…I already feel dread
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Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh
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Yes Karan! Give us a threepeat! Give into your instinct for drama!!!!
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Oh man, it’s just super uncomfortable confrontations from here on out, isn’t it?
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Ouch
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So many misunderstandings it’s like an unfunny Three’s Company
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I need comfort food for the rest of this movie! Is it too early to have pizza and chips?
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I just finished half a big bag of BBQ chips, so NO!
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FINALLY! Good parenting!!!
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This kid is terrified of you. Could you please not yell at him, even when you are just joking?
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Awwwww, Abhishek!!!!!
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He is the best!
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Abhishek is being SO GREAT!!!!! Forget grumpy angry SRK, make it work with Abhi!!!! Take estrogen pills or something!!!!
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Or use a sex toy/masturbate. Figure out what you like in bed. Then tell Abhishek! Either way, go be with Abhishek!
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Make Abhishek wear an SRK mask! You know it’s why they are such great sellers:
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HA!
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DON’T CALL YOUR GIRLFRIEND WHILE OUT ON A FAMILY NIGHT WITH YOUR KID!!!!!
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In the version of this movie where Preity and her 3 best friends deal with life and love in the city, SRK is the WORST MOST EVIL HUSBAND EVER. He only takes her out to the ballet because he is jealous of his girlfriend????
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Well, the train that has left the station is clearly going downhill into a canyon with the relationships in this movie. This movie knows how to emotionally torture!!!
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I forgot how physically uncomfortable I get watching this movie!
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I feel like I need to watch Bombay Velvet so I can see the cinematic torture for myself so that I can erase the emotional torture that is this movie.
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I was thinking Bombay Talkies. Watch this same story, but the way Karan really wanted to tell it.
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I’ll watch both Bombay’s just in case, or at least try to
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I need to go on a Hrishikesh Mukherjee binge and just watch happy happy movies after this!
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Jhoom BArabar Jhoom! Abhishek and Preity, but HAPPY
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But why is everyone’s hair is SO bad in that movie!!!
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Because it’s REALISTIC!!!!! That’s what hair looks like!
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I just burst out laughing! I needed this!
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Actually, that is a better idea. I have no idea why my brain wants to torture me by suggesting Bombay Velvet.
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HA! I feel like cinematic torture + Ranbir = glutton for punishment!
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I am just going to blame this movie for making me feel like a glutton for punishment just like ALL THE CHARACTERS
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HA! That makes perfect sense to me!
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